Method of molding a breast-receiving cup for a garment
AssigneeBBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC
InventorsGloria Falla, Roger D. Warren, Thomas S. Wood
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Abstract
A method is provided for molding a breast-receiving cup for a garment, comprising laminating a support fabric to a lofted material to form a lofted assembly, positioning the lofted assembly in a molding apparatus having a first mold with a projecting element and a second mold having a recessed element, and closing together the first mold and the second mold while maintaining a uniform preset gap between the projecting element and the recessed element to form a molded lofted assembly in the shape of a breast-receiving cup.
Claims5
A method for molding a breast-receiving cup for a garment, comprising:
- positioning a support fabric on a lofted material;
- laminating the support fabric to the lofted material to form a lofted assembly;
- positioning the lofted assembly in a molding apparatus having a first mold and a second mold, the first mold having a projecting element and the second mold having a recessed element, the projecting element being dimensioned for insertion within the recessed element;
- closing together the first mold and the second mold while maintaining a uniform preset gap between the projecting element and the recessed element to form a molded lofted assembly in the shape of a breast-receiving cup with the support fabric positioned only at a lower lateral portion of the breast-receiving cup;
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- moving the first mold and second mold apart and removing the molded lofted assembly material from the apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.